People's perception of leprosy - A study in Delhi

Indian Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-46

  Kaur, Harvinder ^b   Gandhi, Anjali ^a  

^a Jamia Millia Islamia ^*  (India)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LEPROSY; MALE; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS; LEPER COLONIES; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0038246484     PISSN: 02549395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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